Red Light Cameras St Louis Scam

It was a rainy morning
On Friday July 25, 2008
between 3:50am and 4:15 am.

I was traveling west on St. Charles Rock Road
from exiting I-170 in St. Louis Missouri MO

I was approximately 3 car lengths from the intersection
of Brown St and St Charles Rock Road.

I was a little under the speed limit of 40MPH -- approximately 35.
All of sudden the light changed to yellow and in a couple seconds red.
Then I saw in my rear view mirror a flash from the camera.

Will I get a ticket? I am not sure, as the site says "If you are already in the intersection when the light turns red, you will not receive a ticket. " Source: http://stlcin.missouri.org/FAQs/displaytopicdetail.cfm?TopicID=631

So I went back and video taped it. I clocked the yellow about 3 seconds.
Please remember this does not account for the yellow light to register in the brain.

If I would of slammed on my brakes as I do for other fast yellow lights I would of slid
my SUV through the intersection or caused a accident.

Now I time other yellow lights some are longer than 3 seconds. But how long does it take
a vehicle to stop from 35-40 MPH to zero in good weather conditions.

I interviewed one man from an influential family, who said in one city close to St. John's
MO, a traffic cop was sitting at the corner switching the light signal and then issued tickets. He did this until he was caught by a Missouri Road Employee.

I think most of the cameras since they are not audited are scams, most people pay reluctently. At least I have video proof to fight mine in the media and court.

Please leave your comments.

I checked today online it takes a regular vehicle going 40 160 feet to stop in normal conditions. It takes the person .75 seconds to react. It was rainy out, 2.25 seconds is not good even going 25 miles per hour.

I did get a ticket and now I am contact the news and an attorney.




Interesting links:
http://www.motorists.org/blog/red-light-cameras/can-missouri-red-light-camera...
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/E06...

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[FatherPatOphelia]

@AskHack That's what I saw too.

[j67h24m66]

I think that if a red light camera is that short at a intersection then a number count down system such as some cross walks have showing how long before the light changes to yellow. In this case a yellow is same as red

[AskHack]

Whats the deal, that yellow is 4 seconds?

[MrBFagel]

Do you know what the yellow signal time is supposed to be?

Barnet